2 Replies Latest reply: Aug 6, 2013 11:31 AM by "JP" RSS

    Project setup 16:9, but burns 4:3

    "JP" Community Member

      I build the DVD as 16:9 SD, with the 4:3/16:9 switch in the Project window set to 16:9. The source video is 16:9. BUT when I build a DVD it comes out 4:3 "cutout" (with both ends lopped off) and the switch is set to 4:3 and cannot be changed.

       

      I create a new project, set it up as 16:9, setup chapter markers, run "Check Project" on the Build tab (there are none), play it using the "Monitor" tab (it is 16:9), "Preview" navigation (it works perfectly and displays as 16:9) and click the "Build' button. Transcoding, creating and burning the DVD appears to go perfectly fine, but when the disk is done, it is 4:3 and the switch in Encore is greyed out and cannot be reset. 

       

      I have now experienced this exact same sequence of events 4 times.

       

      The last time through I noticed that the little video preview window in the upper left corner is 4:3 and I have not found a way to change it.
      The only other thing I can think of that might be relevant is that the source video file is an 854px x 480px h.264 file, but I figure that the automatic transcoding will create the type of file required.

       

      Anyone have any idea what might be happening and how to fix it so I end up with a 16:9 SD DVD.

       

      Thanks, JP

        • 1. Re: Project setup 16:9, but burns 4:3
          SAFEHARBOR11 Community Member

          Hi JP,

           

          Are you doing anything in Premiere, or just taking a file and dropping it straight into Encore? Your file is 16:9 with 1.0 PAR (square pixels). Have you tried right-clicking on it in the bin and try Interpret? You may need to TELL Encore how to treat the file.

           

          Otherwise, drop file into Premiere, and Export using Media Encoder, using an MPEG-2 DVD widescreen preset, and then use the resulting assets in Encore.

           

          Thanks

           

          Jeff Pulera

          Safe Harbor Computers

          • 2. Re: Project setup 16:9, but burns 4:3
            "JP" Community Member

            Jeff

             

            The "right-clicking on it in the bin and try Interpret" bit did the trick. I had never even seen that set of controls, so thank you very much for pointing me in the right direction.

             

            JP